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Community college · Public

Valencia College

Orlando, FL19,129 online only

Valencia College is a public community college in Orlando, FL, with about 23,395 students on campus and 19,129 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
23,395
plus 19,129 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$12,037
tuition and fees $2,664; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
48%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,594
lower than at 51% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Valencia College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Valencia College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $18,529 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,576

Tuition & fees (in state) $2,664Books & supplies $2,154Other costs $13,711

After grants, the average family on aid pays $12,037.

Tuition and fees are $2,664 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$13,901

About $27,802 over 2 years · 25% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
48%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,594
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,300
about $99 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.6%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$99 a month against about $2,720 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

32%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 22% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$39k
Middle income$30–75k
$44k
Higher incomeover $75k
$46k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 38%Business 33%Computer science 10%Health professions 6%Public safety 3%Culinary & personal services 3%Everything else 7%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Business Administration, Management and Operations466 graduates a year · typical debt $15,500
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing140 graduates a year · typical debt $16,000
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General73 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions41 graduates a year · typical debt $10,750
$90k4 yrs out
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians11 graduates a year
$81k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

39,486 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 21%Hispanic 45%Black 17%Asian 4%Two or more 3%International 8%

Women and men

Women 59%Men 41%
27 : 1
students per teacher
39%
get Pell grants (lower income)
12%
take federal loans
23%
undergrads 25 or older
59%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Orlando

6% of Orlando’s 333,888 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Orlando pages.

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$1,747/momedian rent · 5% above the state$373Ktypical home value50° / 92°January low / July highBHealth GradeAll colleges in and near OrlandoCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Valencia College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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8.6 mi3,013 students
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9.8 mi1,543 students
Full Sail UniversityUniversity or college · For-profit · Winter Park · mostly online
11.2 mi4,541 students
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11.2 mi298 students
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11.3 mi451 students
Gwinnett InstituteUniversity or college · For-profit · University
15.9 mi318 students
University of Central FloridaUniversity or college · Public · University
16.9 mi55,377 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.